Why has our country done so badly militarily in the last 50 odd years?

Question

Could it have started when politicians started the Department of Defense instead of the WAR Department? GW1 the generals ran it and all was well, Vietnam and GW2 the politicians stuck their noses into it and we are slowly going to hell. Damn them politicians.

Answer 1

seems as if the liberal left wingers got you brainwashed. Fortunately for you, our military is stronger than ever which is why you can sit here without any bombs being dropped on your head.......ever think about it like this??
You should thank god every night that we are still the worlds superpower. Give it some thought.

Answer 2

You are correct about the 50yrs. Correct me if I'm wrong, but since WW2, the U.S. Congress has Never made an Official DECLARATION of War on Our Enemies. Many refer to these "WARS" as Political Conflicts. The end of The Cold War, made the ELITE World Rulers very nervous. So with Profits Declining, the Ole' False Flag trick was put into play. Enter Vietnam(Illuminati had to remove JFK-- God Rest His Soul) in order to create MEGA Military Arms/Defense Contracts."Nam" ended in 1975.. The IRON TRIANGLE are sh-tn their BVD's ENTER GULF War. Oh No WE NEED more Wealth ENTER False Flag , Middle East OIL Takeover.. Im watching this Iraq Study Group.These Politicians are Dancing. BinLaden is financed by SyrianRoyality(who were FLOWN out of Florida Sept.11-15th 2001) FIRST freegin CLASS !! who along withthe Bsh Dynasty have partnershipBusinessTies. All This Makes me Very SICK..EVERY Day, I Grieve for WTC Victims and Their Loved Ones.. All U ProBushies. take a moment or two from the Spin...Take a deep breath and let it out... Feel Better? Now close your eyes, and Think of Your Mom, Dad, Little Brother/Sister or BEST Friend in Those Towers that Day. Innocent Americans were Viciously Brutalized. NWO Must be Stopped !!.. May Almighty God Protect Our Brave Troops, and Bless Our efforts To PRESERVE Our Democracy

Answer 3

The military itself hasn't necessarily done badly... But instead suffers from the effects of poor foreign policy and mis-run and mis-guided execution of military operations. Our military and forces are the best in the world and if properly utilized are the most effective and efficient in the world. Yes! politicians have obviously been a huge part of the problem. Nothing in this country has been the same since Korea and more so Vietnam. The citizens began to see first hand the cracks in the armor of this great nation. They soon realized that we were as flawed as those we attacked and that our government had ulterior motives for war as apposed to those reasons they tried to force feed the publc. Like all previous" world powers" at some point they become over confident and self righteous believing that all they do is "JUST AND RIGHT"..... Well, as we know that is not the case and is usually the beginning of the fall of that "Imperialistic Nation." Hopefully, we will realize our mistakes before it is too late and not be doomed to those who have historically gone before us...... Just a thought......Peace........ And may God bless us all.

Answer 4

The military has done well with a clear mission. Get in, do the job and get out. What it's failed at is impossible tasks like spreading democracy (Vietnam, Iraq2) and stopping civil wars (NK, Vietnam, Iraq2). Also, apparently they're not very good at finding banned weapons (Iraq2). And I'm not sure what 'victory' actually means in Afghanistan - once the Taliban was gone the mission was accomplished but in retrospect to walk away from a country having only accomplished that _seems_ like failure in a sense (yet it IS victory - the Taliban is gone for now). So, maybe adding "regime change" to the list of Bad Reasons to Use Military Force would be propitious.

Answer 5

I think the problem ls with the politician who vote for a war, then vote against it. The politicians who vote to give more funds to the military then vote not to. But most importantly I think the problem is with the media and the American people themselves.

Imagine what would have happened if CNN crews would have been waiting on the beach on D-Day or reporting live from Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima or even Gettysburg?

Our politicians and the American people as a whole don't have the stomach for war.

Let's see Hitler was evil because he killed millions of people.

Saddam only killed hundreds of thousands of people so he's ok.

Japan directly attacked the United States, so it was ok to fight them.

Germany attacked our friends (France, England and Poland) so it was ok to fight them.

Germany was developing rockets and an atom bomb. Yep ok to fight them.

Saddam use chemical weapons on his own people and the Iran. Sorry guys no reason to fight there.

The whole freaking world said Saddam had WMD's, but of course the United Nations gave him something like 13 months before they started their inspections. Well, that's no reason because we only found enough nerve gas to kill a few thousand people.

Sorry for the rant, but I'm sick and tired about people crying about what's going on. War is hell, people die, we have a volunteer military and everybody who joins is aware of the fact that they might have to go and fight and die. God bless every one of them.

Maybe if we the American people supported our troops and the gutless politicans all grew a set, then "thing wouldn't be going so badly with the military".

Answer 6

We've forgotten what war is all about. I blame the "hippies"; they spent their youth telling each other that war and violence are bad things, and now their in control. Lets not forget , the next time the news gleefully tells you the death count, that over 20,000 Americans died in the Battle of the Bulge ( that's ONE battle- not the whole war).
War sucks, people die, that's how it goes. We need to ramp up in Iraq and kick some ***. Never forget that these " innocent civilians" you hear about were dancing in the street on 9-11, and are giving aid and comfort to the insurgents every day.
Study WW2 and learn how to win a war. If we bomb every town that we get attacked in, and tell the next village that's what happens when you hide our enemies, it wont take long for the Iraqis to stop helping the terrorists.

Answer 7

the military has done what is needed every time, its the politicians who never served that have no idea what it takes, they are the ones that hold us back and then when something goes wrong, they blame the military, when it was all their fault in the first place

Answer 8

That's it..... the politically correct wars we try to fight where no one dies not our soldiers or civilians or for that matter the enemy.

Get back to calling it WAR and go kick some butt......We don't occupy we invade and take over then let the international people deal with it like WW2

Answer 9

We just need to upgrade our "hit and run" capability. The days of ship-to-ship battles, and dogfights are over. We just need to move to meet the challenge, we haven't "lost", just been restricted by rules of engagement in my opinion.

Answer 10

its not that our militarys bad, its just on a very short leash on what it can and can not do, we cant use artillery any more, we can use saturation bombing, we have to look good for the cameras, Take the Media out of war and we'll do much better

Answer 11

We try to fight PC wars instead of wars by attrition. You win wars by killing as many as possible, until the enemy has no longer the means or will to fight!